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Program Guarantee

Also: Audience guarantee

A seller's commitment that a schedule will deliver a stated number of impressions or rating points against a demographic, with makegoods owed for any shortfall. Guarantees are standard in upfront deals and in programmatic guaranteed, and the audience measurement underlying them is the currency.

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